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Britain's Spy Agency Seeking To Hire Gays

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 08.18.2008 | Living

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LONDON — Britain's domestic spy agency wants gay recruits to know: It's time to come out of the closet. After shunning them for decades over wo...

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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Flees To Britain To Avoid Corruption Charges

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

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BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to exile in London, jumping bail and saying he could not expect...

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Creative Brits Are The Talk Of The Town

Vicky Ward | Posted 08.11.2008 | Entertainment

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British talent excelling in Hollywood is not a new phenomenon. But as the downturn takes hold there are fewer roles and fewer quality films: that makes British success all the more striking.

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White Guilt Welcome

Pius Kamau | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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As the Darfur genocide enters its fifth year, the British are like an amnesiac; they have forgotten the role they played in creating the Arab killing machine.

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British "UFO" Hacker Faces 70 Years In US Prison For Military Breaches

The Daily Mail | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home

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The AP reports: LONDON -- Britain's top court refused Wednesday to stop the extradition to the U.S. of a British hacker accused of breaking into Pent...

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WATCH: U.K. Granny Fights Robbers With Broom

MSNBC | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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55-year-old Ann Withers defends her Somerset grocery store from robbers with nothing more than a broom. ...

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In a Sense, Abroad

Steven Weber | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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From England, the view of the states is much clearer than the one enjoyed by us -- our faces stuffed into Old Glory like hostages' noses pressed up against a chloroform-saturated hanky.

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Queen Holds Tea Party For 8,000 People

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

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LONDON — The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have...

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Obama vs. McCain: What do the Brits Think?

Eric Kuhn | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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The morning after the final Democratic Primary, I took to the streets of London to see what our friends across the pond thought about the elections.

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The New London Season

Josa Young | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living

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I went to Hyde Park for a wonderful party at the Serpentine Gallery, London's most glamorous venue, last night. Everyone was outside, not just the smokers for a change.

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My Conversation with David Miliband

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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I talked with the British foreign secretary about Iran, Myanmar, climate change, and the importance of American leadership.

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Not Mexican Independence Day: Cinco de Mayo

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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Since 1863, Californians have celebrated the fifth of May, and now people across the U.S. recognize the occasion as well. Yet it is virtually ignored in Mexico.

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George Bush, Gordon Brown Press Conference: Bush Offers Brown A Well-Done Hamburger

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, visiting the U.S., held a joint press conference with President Bush this afternoon. One reporter asked the two ...

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Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, Won't Attend Olympics Opening Ceremony

AP | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Brown's office...

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Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame

AP | BRYAN MITCHELL | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home

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LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's hum...

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My Super [Bitter]Sweet British Tuesday

Fernanda Diaz | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Despite what turned out to be quite the anticlimactic night in terms of results, I spent Super Tuesday evening busily discussing the election at a par...

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Revealed: Britain's $2 Billion Olympics Black Hole

London Times | Jill Sherman | Posted 01.14.2008 | Business

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Britain faces a £1 billion black hole after the 2012 Olympics because of "ludicrous" property price projections backed by ministers, it emerged last ...

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How To Tie a Necktie

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.04.2008 | Living

Coming from a broken home in the 1940s was quite different than it is today, and my father must have felt the pain acutely.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Launches Special "Royal Channel" On YouTube

AP | THOMAS WAGNER | Posted 12.23.2007 | Media

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Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday. The queen w...

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British Formally Hand Over Control Of Basra To Iraq Government

AP | LORI HINNANT | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics

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British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes wil...

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Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living

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I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.

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Britain To Withdraw Nearly Half Of Its Iraq Troops

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics

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Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops in Iraq beginning next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, leaving a contingent of 2,500 sol...

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Rule, Britannia? UK To Lay Claim To Vast Swaths Of South Atlantic

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Bowcott | Posted 09.21.2007 | Home

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Britain is preparing territorial claims on tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor around the Falklands, Ascension Island and Ro...

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The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home

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Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled tod...

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